title: Determination of the Dipolar Interaction of 23Na in Solution by Triple-Quantum Relaxation Time Measurements
abstract: The measurement of the dipolar interaction of 23Na with hydrogen nuclei in glycerol solution is reported. The method, applied previously to 7Li (U. Eliav and G. Navon, J. Magn. Reson. A 123, 32 (1996)), is based on the measurement of the triple-quantum relaxation time of 23Na. Several models of motion are discussed. The analysis of the results yielded 1.9 MHz and 12.5 kHz for the quadrupolar and the 23Na-1H dipolar interaction, respectively. It is shown that under the conditions of long correlation times the triple-quantum relaxation time can be sensitive to dipolar interactions smaller than the quadrupolar interaction by as much as a factor of 5000. This indicates the possibility of measuring interatomic distances for nuclei with sizable quadrupolar moments. Copyright 1998 Academic Press. Copyright 1998 Academic Press
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv, 69978, Israel
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Eliav
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Navon